Follow these steps to create a shortcut to start Centurion from the Windows desktop with a command line switch:

1. Right-click the Windows desktop, point to New on the shortcut menu that appears, and then click Shortcut.
2. In the Create Shortcut dialog box, click Browse.
3. In the Browse dialog box, change the Look in box to the following folder:

C:\Program Files\Diamond\Centurion Gold

Note This location of this folder may be different on your system.

4. Click the CenturionGold.exe file, and then click OK.
5. Click in the Command line box, and then position the insertion point at the end of the path that is listed. The path that is listed in the Command line box should look similar to the following:

"C:\Program Files\Diamond\Centurion Gold\CenturionGold.exe"

6. After the closing quotation mark, type a space and then type the switch that you want. The path that is listed in the Command line box should now look similar to the following:

"C:\Program Files\Diamond\Centurion Gold\CenturionGold.exe" PORT=1

7. In the Create Shortcut dialog box, click Next.
8. In the Select a name for the shortcut box, type the name of your new shortcut, and then click Finish.

You could use HyperTerminal (in Windows) to verify COM 1 is working on your workstation.

The command line switch overrides the Communiations Preferences in Centurion so even though the Direct Connect COM Port drop-down box may reflect a different number, the command line switch forces that port to be used.

We cannot confirm that if you change the preference if it overrides back though.

Please note that this is a "work around" and not a fix or patch.